Effects of Smoking on the Fetus, Neonate and Child

Edited by David Poswillo and Eva Alberman

This book analyses the effects of parental smoking on all aspects of reproduction and foetal and child development. The authors discuss how ...

Effects of Smoking on the Fetus, Neonate and Child

Edited by David Poswillo and Eva Alberman

Description

Effects of Smoking on the Fetus, Neonate and Child covers the effects of parental smoking on all aspects of reproduction and child development. With contributions from respected and authoritative specialists, it includes new research findings and new methods of data analysis.

The authors discuss how smoking affects placental, fetal, and child development. Important subjects covered include the relationships between smoking and pre-eclampsia, ectopic pregnancy. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and respiratory disease in children. The final chapters discuss research related to health education and the prevention of maternal smoking.

This comprehensive volume will be of interest to obstetricians, paediatricians, epidemiologists, and those involved in public health medicine.

Effects of Smoking on the Fetus, Neonate and Child

Edited by David Poswillo and Eva Alberman

Table of Contents

1: Introduction to toxicity 2: Evidence for reduced fecundity in female smokers 3: Ectopic pregnancy and smoking: confounding or causality? 4: Effects of maternal tobacco smoke inhalation on early embryonic growth 5: The effects of maternal cigarette smoking on placental structure and function in mid- to late gestation 6: The effects of smoking on oxygen transfer and placental circulation 7: Smoking and pre-eclampsia 8: The effects of smoking on fetal growth: evidence for a threshold, the importance of a brand of cigarette, and interaction with alcohol and caffeine consumption 9: A preliminary analysis of interactions between smoking and infant feeding 10: Parental smoking and respiratory problems in childhood 11: Antenatal smoking, postnatal passive smoking, and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 12: Exposure to passive cigarette smoking and child development 13: Prevention of smoking in pregnancy 14: Prenatal smoking interventions 15: Anti-smoking intervention during pregnancy 16: Impact on smoking behaviour and birth weight 17: Measuring serum cotinine to aid in smoking cessation during pregnancy and to enhance assessment of smoking-related fetal morbidity 18: Summary and conclusions

Effects of Smoking on the Fetus, Neonate and Child

Edited by David Poswillo and Eva Alberman

Author Information

Edited by David Poswillo, Head of Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Guy's Hospital, London, and Eva Alberman, Professor Emeritus, Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London